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BUTTON SETTING INSTRUMENT.

Nro. 501,661. Patent'ed'July 18, 1.893.

" hun y' "gf j UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANCISAH. RICHARDS, OF HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT.

BUTTON-SETTING INSTRUMENT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 501,661, dated July 18, 1893.

Application filed April l, 1891.

To @ZZ whom, it may concern:

Beit known that I, FRANCIS H. RICHARDS, a citizen o f the United States, residing at Hartford,in the county of Hartford and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Button-Setting Instruments, of which the following is a specication.

This improved instrument attaches shank buttons to textile fabric, shoe-uppers, &c.,by means of malleable pointed metallic fasteners.

In the drawings accompanying and forming a part of this specification, Figure 1 is a top or plan view of a button setting instrument embodying my improvements. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a view, similar to Fig. 2 and partially in section, illusytrating the operation of the instrument. Fig.

4 is a view similar to Fig. 1, further illustrating such operation. Figs. 1 and 2 are drawn in alignment or projection with each other; and Fig. 4, with Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a vertical section in line a a, Fig. 2. Fig. G is a lefthand end view, partially in section, showing the construction of certainxdetails. Fig. 7 is a detail drawing in two `views of the front end of the presser-slide-carrying member C.

Fig. 8 shows in-three views, the presser-slide. F. Fig. 9 similarly shows in three views the fastener-holding guides that are carried on said slide. Fig. 10 similarly shows oneof the two parts of the button-holding setting-die.

Similar characters designate like parts in all the igures.

The handles or members A B are pivoted together at about the point X, in any convenient manner. Asshown in the drawings, the member B is bifurcated (see Fig. 5), and has two pivot screws, 5, whose points enter and turn in holes formed in the member A. A third member, C, is fitted, substantially as shown, to slide in the member A, having for this purpose the grooves 6 engaging with and between corresponding ribs of the part A. Motion is imparted to slide C by a link 7, pivoted thereto at S, and at 9 to the handle B, thereby forming a so-called toggle-joint arrangement of great power when it is straightened as at or near the close of the setting operation. This action will be understood by comparison of Figs. 2 andv 3. A spring, 10, fixed in one member and bearing against the Serial No. 387,292. (No model.)

other, serves to open the handles as there illustrated.'

One of the objects of the present invention being to furnish a hand button-setting instrument in which the button, 30, shall not be in the way of the fabric M, (Figs. 3 and 4,) the member A is accordingly provided with a button-holding setting die which is madein two parts, thatare constructed andarranged tobe opened to receive the button, and to be then closed to hold the button during thesetting operation. Said die, E, Fig. 5,is formed in part in each of the two half-dies, 12 14, respectively; which parts have stems, 13 15, respectively, journaled in said member A, substantially as shown. lFor holding the said half-dies normally closed, a spring 16 is or may be provided, whose ends pass throughV said stems, thereby serving as pins for holding the same longitudinally in place in their bearings in member A. The button shank, 3l, lies in grooves, 32, in the abutting faces of the said half-dies, as shown in Fig. 10; and said shank ext-ends through the dies (as shown in Figs. 2, 3,4 and 5),sufficiently far to permit the hook 35, Fig. 4, of the fastener to be formed therein. When the half-dies stand meeting together, as in Figs. 1 to 5, the die'cavity E is substantially the same as if made in the usual way, in a single die block; and it evidently operates in the same manner to form into a buttonholding hook the fastener prong driven thereinto. This mode being set forth in prior United States patents, and now well-known in this art, l deem it unnecessary to here recite a particular description thereof.

The fastener-carrying member C, is'fur nished with a driver,N, the presser-slide F, and with means for yieldingly holding the button fastener on said slide above the driver.` On either side of said member C, (see Fig. 7,) l form therein channels, 18, between which the middle wall 19 projects to carry the driver N. ln the spaces 18, the slide F is fitted to have a sliding movement parallel to the driver, and immediately behind the same. For this purpose said slide is bifurcated, as in Fig. 8, and thus incloses said wall. To limit lthe movement of theslide a pin, 20, is fixed therein, and acts as a stop against said wall 19; and to permit a long stroke of the slide, said wall is `or may be notched, as at 21, to receive said ICO ' pin. The forwardfmovement ofthefslidegwh'icht is the movement toward the 'die,is 'produced1 by a suitable spring, as 22, affixed to the part C, and bearing directly or indirectly against the slide. In this instance, said spring acts indirectly to accomplish said result, :since fit; also serves another purpose at the same time; and it is a wire spring supported by Apins 4Q, xedly connected at 4l to the lpart Cyand formed in its middle part into the loopshaped end 42, which bears against and between the diverging ends 4-3 Ll'of the ffasten'erlclamps'? described below. p z3 For holding the fastener in place, the slide. F isprovided with oppositely-disposed sideg clamps, 24C 25, which are respectively pivota'llyf` connected by their lugs 26 27, atpoints 28 29, f in the'slots 50 5'l,of said slide. -Attheir'forward ends,sa'id clamps have respectively af bevel-faced-or other suitabl'yeshaiped j'aw,'t32f` 33 substantiallyas se'tfor'th, 'adapted to'cla'spi the fastener point '2, as in Fig. l; and also?? guidelthefastener'head 3, as also there shown.f The spring'22 bearing 'against and "betweenj thejends 43 45 as above menitioned,fserves"ti'rst to closethe clamps, and thento push forward@` the slide, 'into'their 1positions in Figs. l 'and'2. In Figs. y3 and Il, said 'spring'st'ill `.acts 'in 'the'jf same manner, but the 'slidejF has'been dlrivenff back, 'thereby causing "the ybutton Vfastener "to spread the clamps as hiere shown. 0n 'thef outward .movement of t'h'e member'C, the "fas-r tener'iswithdrawnlfrom betweenthe'jaws,"th clamps close, andthe slide @returns to 'its first4 position. To put a fastener in `place for'set-i ting, ythe point '2 is 'inserted 'betweenthejjawa ff and then lpushed up 'a :little until the "headfv drops down 'in front'of vthe driver. i

'Tllef'mo'de of operati ng'myl improved .in'stru-V "lj m'e11t,'being similar Vto 'th'at'of operating-the? instrument 4described l1in my'a'foresaid patent will be obvious, to those skilledi'n Vthis art,

'fromfthe drawings andjprecedin g description.

The :fastener being *in place, 4a button is put; in position asset forth with its'shan'kprojecting through between 'the dies. Thefabric'ori` shoe-upper, YM, bein-g `next lproperly placedf over the slidel F, the two .hand-les `are now forcibly brought together. This 'drawsfor-, ward the member (1a-nd forces back is'l'ideF, and drives the fastener'prongfup Vthrough the f' fabric 'andfagainst the setting die,whi'ch turns y the'p'oin't thereof over into 'a hook, vthereby securing thelb'ut'ton and completing 'the setting operation. y

Having thus ldescribed my invention, cla'i'm- V1. -As an improved article of manufacture; a button-setting instrument, comprising 'thel member A ycarrying'the sett-ing-dies,fand Ehaving means for carrying the member C which",` carries fthe fasten erhold'ing devices; 'thefmemberO sliding Ain vsaid member A, with its fas tener holding devices; the lever 'or I:handle B2 `pivotally connected at its endto themember A, and 'the 1ink'7 pivotally connecting the? handle B and member@ substantially as dey scribedfwhe'rebyf-the members ,fA, C,- will have a hori'zonitally aligned movementtoward and from each other when the handle is operated, substantially as described.

2. In a button-setting instrument, the combination Lwith the :member Acarrying the setting-die, and the member C carrying the holding device and sliding in the member A, of 'the member B vrpivoted at its forward end to the member A, the inclined link 7 pivoted to the members B, C, in the rear of the pivotal 4points of the members A, 11B, and the spring ysecured `tothe member B and bearing against member C, substantially as and for the purpose described.

3. In a buttmr-Set'tmginstru-ment, the combinationwi'th the member Ahavin'g *pivotally-supportedfspringheldhalfedies` abutting against A'each other vand havn g fa `setti-ng fdiecuit formed lpartial'lyin each; the member@ slidin g upon #member Aand. v1h-`avifn=g the fffast- `eneiholdinfgdevices'andthefdriverNfthereen; the member Bl pivoted to the memberA-fastits forward end vand the '1li-nik? lpivotallfy'c'onnect- 'ing members `lfafnd "C :in the Vrearf'of vfthfe pivotal-'poi ntY of lthe 'me m'bers -A land B, and formin g "a vcon-ne'ct'icu "therewith, -su=bstan'tia`lly as, Iand Afor-the purposedescibed. 'y

"4. `'In a l butt'omsetting machine, the 'combinat ion with the member lJ'Aihaving fthe l'buttonsetting die" at 'its forward endfand the member :B pivoted to lsaidfmember A as described, of the member "C'f-havi'ng-"a sliding connection with the member vAand :pi-votally-'cor-nected, through the lmediunrof a link at its Prearrend, to y:the 'member Byand having 'the fa'stener holding "devices comprising the "opposiitelydisposed pivotallyconnected sideclamps 24- an'd `25,=1;'h'e spring 22 "fbeari-ng against A'said clamps, vand -l*the presser-'slide F :and V'driver |N all "constructed V'a'n'darranged `slrrbstantiallyas and .forthe'ppur'pose specified. l

one side y"of said dies, vandfthe-springconnecting said stems and operating fto ncljesethe dies, fand the -memberOh'aving it-he 'driver N, the presser=slide `carried jon said vmember'b'e- 10W the driver, and the spring-held vpivoted fastenenholding sideclamps carriedf'on said slide, all lsu'bstantially as `and for -thefpurpose set forth.

1'6. YYIn a'button'se'tting inst-ru-'mentthe'comvbination with the )member Vhaving fa movement toward =and from-the fsett'ingfdiie, and having a driver, ef athe 'presser-slidecarri'ed on :said -lmem'ber below said driver, land fastener-holdings'ide-clampsubstantially as ydescribed, 'carriedon=saidisli'de,=allsubstantially as described.

`l*7. In -a `hutten-setting instrnrnent,the'com bination :with the vmember@'constructed 4:to carry @the fpressenslide, of fthe slide F,the driver N, theside clamps, and a--spring actu'- 'I OO 501,661 Y v e ing said clamps and slide, al1 substantially as described.

8. In a button setting instrument, the cornbination of the member C having driver N, 5 slide F, and the spring-actuated clamps 24 25, having jaws 32 33, substantially as described.

9. In a button setting instrument, the combination of the slide F, the oppositely-disposed clamps 21 25 pivoted thereto, and having div-'erging ends 43 45, andthe slide-actu ro ating spring bearing on and between said ends, substantially as described. Y l

FRANCIS H. RICHARDS. Vitnesscs:

SAML. W. P0W1 3L, HENRY L. RECKARD. 

